Rendering inferno
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In the year 2003, more than 2300 fires torched three quarter of a million acres-nearly 20 percent of the total burned by wildfires across the US. It is reported that though the smoke jumpers are getting the glory for winning over, the actual people working behind it are the wildfire simulation brigade.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2004
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Inherit the wind
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The efforts of the energy utility Wind Energy Systems Technology to redesign unused oil equipment, to establish a wind farm in the areas close to the Gulf of Mexico, are described. The proposal to supply clean energy from this wind farm, to the surrounding areas, is discussed.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2007
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The mad genius from the bottom of the sea
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John Pina Craven is the governor of Northern Mariana Islands. They are chain of islands about 3000 miles to the west. The method of producing electricity from cold deep ocean water and hot surface water is discussed.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2005
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